I have been thinking a lot lately about our life during the pandemic, partly as it has come up in conversation a lot with friends. This is a blog and not a series of peer-reviewed scientific papers. I would need months to dive deep into the literature we have compiled on the “lessons learned” from the COVID-19 pandemic response, so this will not be that. Rather, I’d like to share some lessons-learned and thoughts on the pandemic that I have heard amongst my group of friends and within my family unit.
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Travel and Food: Corfu
One of the perks of living overseas is all of the traveling you get to do. It isn’t as though we don’t have great places to see in the U.S., but the airfare is generally much higher, the distance to travel is much greater, and the novelty is less enticing. One of our favorite trips during our time abroad was to Corfu, Greece. Although now (post-covid), flights from Frankfurt International to Corfu have increased a great deal, but I also think there was a sudden surge in interest from tourists to see the lesser known islands, abandoning the more frequented Santorini.
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Regenerating Life and Love: The Animals (and Fungi)
At the risk of forging through the gate this week with another complaint about the human species, I want to lead with a personal frustration I have when I hear individuals reduce the importance of a species that is going, or has gone, extinct with a flippant toss of the hair, followed by a casual “who cares?” This is often embedded within a conversation intended to discredit environmental programs that favor a small endangered organism over that of human interest. Well, I’m pretty sure I speak on behalf of the organisms at risk of becoming extinct that they care. They probably care a great deal. Moreover, we should all care. Perhaps, if we just took the time to realize their worth….
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The Disposable Society and My Current Rage
I am taking a pause this week from my Regenerating Life and Love posts to rage. There are so many things happening in my country right now. Depending on your ideologies, they might be horrifying or exciting. I’ve tried multiple times to bring myself into a space of understanding and contemplation, but I am struggling. What I am witnessing is, for me, horrifying.
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Regenerating Life and Love: Introduction
This morning I woke up thinking about the concept of healing. Specifically how nature has the ability to recover from disasters, and how, in some bleak cases, it might not. I set out to research nature’s restorative and regenerative abilities, only to find that, regardless of how I arranged and chose my search terms, the internet consistently thought I was asking how nature heals us. Humans.
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